The 3rd Annual Royal Flush Crapper Derby returns to Twain Harte this Saturday. The parade of outhouses starts at 9 AM in downtown Twain Harte. The crapper races, which is the main event, begin at 11 AM. There will be numerous contests and activities for the children. Vendors will offer both food and beverages so be sure to stay flushed and hydrated.

(ABC News) Five animal rights protesters jumped over barricades and rushed the podium at a Bernie Sanders rally in East Oakland, California, on Monday night, prompting the Vermont senator’s Secret Service detail to intervene.

One of the protesters appeared to be hit by one of the security member’s baton, while another was carried out of the venue by his arms and legs.

For his part, Sanders did not seem rattled.

“We don’t get intimidated easily,” he said, after the protesters had been removed.

Sanders’ campaign spokesperson, Michael Briggs, said he thought security handled the episode “professionally,” although a media spokesperson for the group organizing the protest said one of its members was “assaulted.”

Zach Groff of the grassroots group Direct Action Everywhere told ABC News that they have been targeting Sanders because of his message about caring for the most vulnerable.

“His campaign has promoted itself based on this idea of progressivism and rejecting discrimination and inequality,” Groff said, “but when it comes to the animals in the United States and around the world, discrimination and violence is the name of the game every single day.”

“He claims to be a progressive, but you cannot be a progressive if you oppose animal rights,” he said.

In a statement, another one of the Berkely-based group’s organizers, Aidan Cook, said that “Sanders claims to oppose ‘factory farming,’ but what he hides is that virtually all farms in the United States, including farms he supports, are essentially factory farms.”

“What we’ve learned in the case of human oppression applies to animals too: when we see someone as an object, all sorts of horrors, notably factory farming, are not just possible but inevitable,” Cook said.

The group is seeking an endorsement of full “personhood” for all animals and has previously disrupted Sanders’ events.

The 2016 Calaveras Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee takes place this Thursday May 19th through Sunday May 22nd at Frogtown, USA in Angels Camp, CA. This Unviersal Newsreel footage from 1965 showcases the competition during the 100th Anniversary of Mark Twain’s classic writing, “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.”

Take Donald Trump’s actual voice words used at his own rallies and then show a man lip-syncing each of Trump’s sentences and you end up with what what is called “Your Drunk Neighbor: Donald Trump”. Some may laugh, some may be offended. However, the clever timing of this person’s lip-syncing is impressive.

The health of likely Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton is starting to be questioned as numerous people have noted her severe coughing fits. Is this something that folks should be concerned about?

Yesterday, US Senator Ted Cruz spent over five minutes on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ not answring the question of whether or not he will support Donald Trump if Trump becomes the Republican nominee. This video of dodges, diversions and ducking the answer will likely be used for study by those wanting to spend their lifetime in positions of public service. Oddly enough, Cruz had said during one the final Fox News Debate that he would support Trump if Trump were the nominee. This evasive answer that he gave yesterday doesn’t seem to line-up with what this principled man said at the debate.

This complete 4 minute video guide to nearly all of Calaveras County is the result of a ‘Senior Project’ in conjunction with the Calaveras Visitors Bureau. According to Lizzy Oliveto, the High School Senior behind the project, “My total time for the entire video was 35 hours!﻿”